Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts University Bands Prairie Ensemble Records Finding Aid Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts University Bands Prairie Ensemble Records Finding Aid By Nolan Vallier, Elizabeth Hartman, Katie Nichols
[Printer Friendly] | [ Email us about these papers]Title: Prairie Ensemble Records, 1996-2015
ID: 12/9/143
Primary Creator: Kevin Kelly
Extent: 10.25 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in three series: Series 1) Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Governing Records, 1996-2015; Series 2) Operational Records, 1997-2015; and Series 3) Concerts, Special Events, Publicity, and Digital Records, 1997-2014. Series 2 is then organized in two sub-series: Subseries 1) Financial Records and subseries 2) Administrative Records and Correspondence. Series 3 is organized in four subseries: Subseries 1) Concert Programs; Subseries 2) Special Events and Correspondence; Subseries 3) Publicity; and Subseries 4) Digital Records. The records in Series 1 are arranged in chronological order, and the materials in Series 2 and Series 3 are arranged chronologically within each sub-series.
Date Acquired: 06/13/2015. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Instrumental music
Languages: English
Consists of tax information, financial reports, group bylaws, payroll sheets and performer contracts, meeting minutes, advertisements and publicity reports, photographs, awards, concert programs, computer files, and correspondence documenting the governance, operations, events, and publicity of the Prairie Ensemble.
Kevin Kelly holds bachelors degrees in English and music history and criticism from Northwestern University and masters degrees in orchestral and choral conducting from the University of Illinois. He has sung with several professional choral ensembles in Chicago, including the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Grant Park Symphony Chorus, The City Musick, Basically Bach and His Majesties Clerkes (now Bella Voce). He has studied conducting with Kenneth Kiesler, Paul Vermel, Victor Yampolsky, Harold Farberman, Kirk Trevor and Emil Simon.
Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals: Eleven cubic feet of material from the Prairie Ensemble were acquired from Joe Walter Grant Jr. on June 13, 2015.
Acquisition Source: Joe Walter Grant Jr.
Consists of articles of incorporation and dissolution, mission statement and history, bylaws, strategic plans, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, broadcast permissions, board member funding pledges, and correspondence documenting the governance of the Prairie Ensemble. In addition to materials documenting activities of the Board of Directors, materials documenting the Financial Committee and Marketing Committee are included, as they too concern governance of the Prairie Ensemble.
Arranged chronologically.